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St.
Martin's Church
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Brampton
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"Splendid
Pre-Raphaelite Church designed by architect Philip Webb"
Magnificent stained
glass windows designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and executed in the
William Morris studio.
St. Martin's Church,
Front Street,
Brampton,
Cumbria,
Tel: 016977 3433
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Furness
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Barrow-in-Furness
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"Experience
the grandeur of this 700 year old monastery"
A wonderful church and small chapter house grace this ruined abbey
of red sandstone in a secluded valley.
Furness Abbey was founded in 1123 by Stephen, Count of Blois,
later King Stephen. The abbey was originally in the hands of the
Savigny order of monks, but was later taken over by the Cistercian
order.
Furness Abbey,
Barrow-in-Furness,
Cumbria,
LH13 0TJ
www.english-heritage.org.uk
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Cartmel
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Cartmel
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"One
of the North's finest ecclesiastical buildings"
The village of Cartmel, grew up around this twelfth century Priory
church which, according to legend, was built between two parallel
streams in response to a ’heavenly voice’.
It survives as
the centre of village life, and is a place of worship, a concert
venue and a visitor attraction.
Cartmel Priory,
Cartmel,
Grange-over-Sands,
Cumbria,
LA11 6QA
Tel/Fax: 015394 47997
http://homepage.ntlworld
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Priory.html
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Conishead Priory |
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Ulverston
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"Manjushri
Kadampa Meditation Centre"
International Buddhist College and the Mother Centre of Kadampa
Buddhism.
Based at Conishead Priory, a large Victorian Gothic country house,
it is surrounded by gardens and woodland on the shores of
Morecambe Bay.
Manjushri Centre
Conishead Priory,
Ulverston,
Cumbria,
LA12 9QQ
Tel: 01229 584029
www.manjushri.org.uk
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Egremont
Crab Fair |
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Egremont |
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"First
held in 1267"
Every year the
townsfolk of Egremont hold an annual celebration after harvest
time, known as The Crab Fair.
Crab Fair day is always the third Saturday in September and is
eagerly awaited by the whole community.
The Crab Fair is famous worldwide for the World Championship
gurning competition, where contestants pull ugly faces through a
horse collar or 'braffin'. This event is always the final event of
the Fair, and causes huge excitement and sometimes controversy.
www.egremontcrabfair.org.uk |
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Carlisle
Cathedral
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Carlisle
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"Visited
by over 200,000 people a year"
The Cathedral, founded in 1122 and battered by centuries of
warfare, was built for the glory of God, and services have been
said and sung daily in it for nearly 900 years.
Carlisle Cathedral,
7 The Abbey,
Carlisle,
Cumbria,
CA3 8TZT
www.carlislecathedral.org.uk
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Coniston
Country Fair
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Coniston |
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"An
insight into traditional Lakeland"
The fair takes place in the grounds of Coniston Hall and is set
amongst superb surroundings on the shores of Coniston water
against a backdrop of the famous Coniston Old Man and it's
surrounding fells.
There is ample parking on the site and the fair is only a short
walk from the centre of Coniston village.
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Lanercost
Priory
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Brampton
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"Step
back 800 years"
Lanercost Priory was
founded about 1166 by Henry II.
When completed in 1220, canons came from the priory in Norfolk,
and remained for some 370 years until the Dissolution of the
Monasteries in 1536, by Henry VIII.
Lanercost Priory,
Lanercost,
Brampton,
Cumbria,
CA8 2HQ
www.english-heritage.org.uk
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